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THOMAS JACOBS, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA'ASSIGNOE TO HIM- 'SELE JAMES E. KENNEDY, AND JOHN H. KENNEDY, OE SAME PLAGE.

L etm 'zum 80,741, and August 4, 1868.

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Be' itv known that I, THOMASiJAcoBs, of the city and county of Philadelphie, and Stato of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new ond useful Improvement in Registers for Street-Cars, Concert-Halls, and other rooms;

' and I do hereby declare that the following. is E.4 fullnnd exact'description thereof, reference being-had to the register. The ratc -C,' in iig. 4Q

accompanying drawings, and to tho letters of reference marked thereon; Y

The nature of my= invention consists, in the iirstplace, in the combination of a revolving gate and register with a street-car, concert-hall, or other room, in such a. manner that by the passage of each passenger through the door or entra-nce, the gato is turned the .reqnisite distance around to cause a. verticalrod, on which it is permanently fixed, to operate suitable mechanismto turn the dial-hand of the register, and in the second place, inthe combinotionof a check-lever with the gate und passage, the leven being under the control of the couductor, who, by bringing it into a certaimpcsiti'on when desirable, Vprevents passengers reversing the motion of the gate to pass out. i f A In the accompanying drawings, which make a part of this speoitication- Figure 1 is`a plan or top View of the rear end of the car, with the improvements attached. Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same. Figure 3 isol cross-section. A Figure 4 is aplan of the gate C, ratchet U, and pawl V. Like letters ih ll the figures indicate the same parts. A is the body of the 'cai. B is the rear platform.

C is a. revolving gate', formed of two bars crossing eachother on'the vertical rod D, the journals of which turn in the platform B and top, E, of the car. Y

On the upper end of the rod D there is a toothed wheel, F, which operates the forked lever G, to vibrate the plate H on the stud-shaft I of the register l K is the escapement'wheel-on said shaft, andL a pawl for operating it. It is hung to the plate H hy means of the pin b. v n

-The said plate His provided M is the clickllevcr.

N is n pinion on the shaft I, und

O a. wheel onA the dial-shaft P.

Q is a coilcdsprng, for-returningfh'evibrating-plate H toits point of rest.

with a pin, c, which projects upwards ingo the fork of the lever G.

lt is the dial of the register''nfd S'th holnd.

l vBeneath the disk T, ori'tho veiitical rod'D, there is s ratchetrwhecl, U, in-which the spring-pawl V, which is connected with the upper side-'of the-h`uh loi' the' revolving gate C',-catches, when the gate revolves in the direction of the arrow, as passengers pass through it to the car, so as to connect it with the rod D, and thus communicate with the register'. When the gate revolves in lthe opposite direction, as passengers pass out, the pawl slides over the teeth o f -the rat'chetfwheel, and the gate turns loosely on the rod,.so as'not to afoot the heb-wheel U and pawl Viareshown in detail, in connection with the vertical rod D and gate 'The operation is as follows As a passenger passes throughthgate-cntranco, tho gelte Cis ,turned partly around, so as to cause the toothed'whiel'F-toturnin the direction of the arrow, as vseen in' fig. 1, fn'r'enough to? reduce a movement of the escape'men't-wheel K the distance of one tooth, by the motionfimparted vby the toothed wheel ,F to the lever G, which operates the'vibrating-platc H, thereby giving .the requisite motion, to the ps wl L to operate theescapement-wheel K and the pinion N, and thence the wheel O and hand S, on the shaft B, on which the 'hoch .is situated, o nd so on, in succession, the numbers are registered;

I (lo not eonnc myself` to the gearing of the wheels of the register, as that may be varied to give the maximumeapacity to the register, as may be suggested by circumstances.

There isa lever, W, in reach of the conductor, which ishung on the fulerum-pin e. When he wishes to prevent passengers getting off the platform, '11e bears the handle of the leverv down, bringing the part f of the lever'far enough 'np to obstructthe turningof thegate C. 4 y

-What I claim as my invention, and desire to se'eure by Letters Patent, sv A1. Thecombinationof the'eheck-lever -W with the gate C, .trra'nged'and operating substantially as described. 2. The Vcombinationand arrangement of the ratehetvheel U and spring-pawl V, with the' rod D and gate C,'snlstantial1y in the 'nmnner described and for the purposespecied.

In testimony that the aboveismy invention, I have hereunto set my hand, and axed my. seal, this twentyfourth day'of March, '1868.- I i f THOMAS JACOBS. [1). 5.] Witnesses STEPHEN U'STIUK, JorN WHITE. 

